Family does not necessarily mean blood relatives but often a description of a community, organisation or nation.

Mama sewed the rags together, sewing every piece with love. She made my coat of many colors that I was proud of.

My second favorite household chore is ironing. My first being hitting my head on the top bunk bed until I faint.

You know the only people who are always sure about the proper way to raise children? Those who've never had any.

The kindness that's been shown to me, by doctors as well as my family and my friends, it's really saved my life.

A woman should be home with the children, building that home and making sure there's a secure family atmosphere.

Family was a fertile breeding ground for the kind of psychological bacteria that warped minds and devoured hope.

The one thing everybody's looking for is unconditional love. We all need somebody to love us just the way we are

There’s nothing that makes you more insane than family. Or more happy. Or more exasperated. Or more . . . secure.

She's not perfect, but she tries so hard for me. And I thank God, that she isn't, cause how boring that would be.

In intimate family life, there comes a moment when children, willingly or no, become the judges of their parents.

Your retirement is an opportunity to live out your dreams and take care of your family. Don’t leave it to chance.

I am blessed to have so many great things in my life - family, friends and God. All will be in my thoughts daily.

My sister is going to have a simple wedding. Just immediate family. And whoever the hell would want to marry her.

With my old man I got no respect. I asked him, "How can I get my kite in the air?" He told me to run off a cliff.

Women will only have true equality when men share with them the responsibility of bringing up the next generation.

Any problem, big or small, within a family, always seems to start with bad communication. Someone isn't listening.

Italians come to ruin most generally in three ways, women, gambling, and farming. My family chose the slowest one.

There is nothing more important in life than giving. Tolerance is forged when people look beyond their own desires

Don't build walls and shut people out of your life. To act as if another does not exist is a mean and cruel weapon

We must restore the sacredness of the family as a bedrock of humane values everywhere, in peace as well as in war.

Listen to the desires of your children. Encourage them and then give them the autonomy to make their own decision.

There comes a time when a man and woman realize that their separate schemes can be better achieved as a conspiracy.

In the D'Acampo family we have pancakes with banana and chocolate sauce for breakfast every Sunday, no matter what.

My family love living in London. It is a fantastic city and a city such as this deserves to host the Olympic Games.

To know after absence the familiar street and road and village and house is to know again the satisfaction of home.

Loving, hating, having expectations: all these are attachments. Attachment prevents the growth of one's true being.

The God who existed before any religion counts on you to make the oneness of the human family known and celebrated.

No one's family is normal. Normalcy is a lie invented by advertising agencies to make the rest of us feel inferior.

When our relatives are at home, we have to think of all their good points or it would be impossible to endure them.

When you look at Prince Charles, don't you think that someone in the Royal family knew someone in the Royal family?

Love you all the time, 'cause when I close my eyes, I still can see your smile, it's bright enough to light my life

If you are in the habit of creating suffering for yourself, then you are probably creating suffering for others too

I'm lucky that I have my family, I'm lucky that my parents are still together. Those are the things that I cherish.

Mama, you know you raised me with no father figure. I wanna take this time to thank you, even though I'm doing life.

The informality of family life is a blessed condition that allows us all to become our best while looking our worst.

Poverty devastates families, communities and nations. It causes instability and political unrest and fuels conflict.

A good life depends on the strength of our relationships with family, friends, neighbours, colleagues and strangers.

To my way of thinking, the American family started to decline when parents began to communicate with their children.

It's crazy to see all the fans, and it's cool to see them all support each other - it all feels like one big family.

Just growing up and going through life and how tough life was for me and my family, I'm always going to stay humble.

I can't disappear. I come from a family of beautiful women, strong women - and 'strong' defined by being themselves.

Be nice to your siblings. They are your link to the past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.

Our children are extensions of ourselves in ways our parents are not, nor our brothers and sisters, nor our spouses.

Families are like puzzles. They fit together in a certain way, and if one piece is missing, it throws everything off.

At work you worry over the family at home. At home you fret over work left undone. Behold the working woman's stress.

The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women

Before I go to bed, I thank God for blessing me with all the things he blessed me with, and for my family to be safe.

For a mother's love is fashioned, After God's enduring love, It is endless and unfailing, Like the love of Him above.

I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.

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